Corn-harvester



(No Model.)

No. 522,094. Patented June 26, 1894.

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UNITED STATESl 'ATENT OFFICE.

VILLIAM F. ZIEGLER, OF LINCOLN, KANSAS.

CORN-HARVESTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 522,094, dated June 26, 1894.

Application led September 26, 1893. Serial No. 486,564. (No model.) v

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM F. ZIEGLER, of Lincoln, Lincoln county, Kansas, have invented certain new and usefullmprovements in Corn-Harvesters, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings,

forming a part hereof.

My invention relates to an improved cornA harvester, and consists in the novel arrangement, combination and construction of parts as will be more fully hereinafter described and designated in the claim. y

In the drawings: Figure l is aplan view my improved corn harvester. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the same. Fig. 3 is a rear end elevation. Fig. 4 is a perspective View more clearly showing the same.

l indicates a longitudinal main timber which is rectangular in cross-section and is constructed to lie iiat and slide on the ground when in use.

2 indicates a platform which is connected to.

one edge of the timber 1 by strips 3 being connected to the upper side of said platform and the upper side of the timber l by means of bolts or screws 4. Connected to the upper side of the timber 1 adjacent its rear end and adjacent the opposite edge of said timber from the platform 2 is a strip or timber 5.

6 indicates al runner which is located a suitable distance from the timber 1 on the opposite side from the platform, which forms a passageway 6 between said runner and timber and is of suitable width so that when its lower edge is in alignment with the lower side of the timber l its upper edge will be in alignment with the upper edge of the timber 5 it being connected to said timber and held rigid with the timber 1 by a cross-piece 7 and a brace 8, said cross-piece and brace being located on and connected Vto the upper edge of the bar 5 and the runner 6.

9 and 10 indicate standards which lean forward at a suitable angle; the lower end of the standard 10 is connected to the opposite side of the runner 6 from the timber l. by being bolted or screwed thereon. The lower end of the standard 9 is connected to the opposite side of the timber or strip 5 from the runner asuitable distance back of the standard 10.

Connecting the upper ends of the standards 9 and 10 is a cross-bar 11 which is connected from the lower end to the front edge of the standard 9 and the per edges of the runner 6 and the timber 5 .and extending across the passageway 6 is a knife 13 the front edge of which is sharpened.

Connected to the side of the standard l0 adyjacent its upper end is a forwardly project- .ing rod 14 which is bent so as to extend outward from said standard. (See Figs. l and 4 for illustration.) Connected to the upper end ofthe standard 9 and extending forwardly over the timber l is a rod or bar-15.

16 indicates an inverted U-shaped bar, the ends of which are connected to the upper side of the timber 1 adjacent its front end which extends at an angle outwardly over thefront end of the runner 6 and `the passageway 6.

17 indicates a detachable hook which is constructed with a handle 18 as shown in Figs. l and 2. Said hook is held in position by an eye or staple 19 connected to the upper side of the timber 1 as shown in said figures. Connected to the in ner side of the runner 6 adjacent its front end and extending rearwardly therefrom is a guide-bar 20, the rear end of which is connected to the lower side and held in position by the cross-piece 7. Connected to the edge of the timber l adjacent the front end of the runner 6 is a wedge-shaped guide 21 which is depressed at its front end andits rear end extends outward into the passageway 6. Connected to the lower side of the timber 1 adjacent its front end is a shoe 22 to allow said timber to move easily over rough ground. lonnected to the upper side of the timber l adjacent its front end is a hook 23 to allow draft animals to be hitched thereto for moving the harvester.

The operation is as follows: When it is desired to cut corn the operator drives the draft``A animal so the edge opposite from the platform 2 of the timber 1 will be brought adjacent the row of corn and the U-shaped-bar roo will strike the row and will-push the top of the corn outward and the butts of the `corn will pass in between the runner and the timber, and when the tops of the corn pass the upper end of the U-shaped bar 16 it will straighten up and the bar 14 will catch the tops of what corn may be Lbroken and guideI it inwardly so thatwhen the corn is cutoff by the knife 13 it will fall down on the opposite; side of the U-shaped bar 16 onto the platform. After a few hills of corn have been cut the stumpsof said corn beingin thepassageway 6 they will engage with the bar 20 and guide the harvester in a direct line `par-A` allel with the rows and prevent the standing corn from `pushing it over out of alignment with the row to be cut, the ,harvester being long enough `tocallow at least two hills to )be in thepassagewayatthe same time `and in engagement with theistumps. Thecrossbar i l1 coming in contact ywith the standing corn i before the `knife it will push the corn `over and faftercuttingit `olf -will cause it to fall forward. "'llhe board 12 isof suitable height to `prevent the lbutts `of `the `corn whencut 40E from lbeing pushed. backward between the standards 9 and 10. When it is desired to shock corn `the :operator connects `,the hook 17 with the eye 19,:as shown :in Fig. 1 and holds said `hook in :position by the handle 18 until the required amount is cut then he picks the corn :up and carries it fto lthe shock, butwhen it lisidesired toicutfthe corn and place it in rows, the opcrator'removes the `hook 17 from: the eye 19 `and holds it in theposition shown in Fig. 4:, which will allow the corn to drop into said :hook when cut and `when the desired amount is collected he draws the corn 0E of the platform at the required place by said hook. The bar 15 is to guide the corn into the hook and prevent it from scattering as it :falls on the platform.

In a corn harvester, amain timber to which a platform is connected, a timber 5 connected to the main timber, a runner connected to, and located a suitable distance from, the timber 5 which forms a passage-way between `saidrunner and *the timber, a knife located ly `over the frontend of the runner, and a guiding-bar 20' fixed to the .cross-bars 7, 1B

`and adapted `to engage the stumps of thecut corn and guide theimachine in alignment with the corn rows, substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof Iaiiximysignature in presence tof two witnesses.

WM. F. ZIEGLER. Vitnesses:

D. I. KING, R. T.SAv1N. 

